Bricklayer&#39;s tool



July 15, 1924.

W. J. KIMBER BRICKLAYERS TOOL Filed Oct."9. 1922 Patented July 15, 1924.

PATENT orrice.

WALTER JOHN KIMBER, F OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

BRICKLAYER"S TOOL.

Application filed October 9, 1922. Serial No. 593,355.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER JOHN KIM- BER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and aresident of the city of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in; Bricklayers Tools, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to improvements in bricklayers tools, and, more particularly to convertible and adjustable double jointers and joint-rakers,and.the objects of the invention are to provide a jointing and raking tool which will enable the operator to accomplish double the. amount of work in the same period of time and in a more uniform and eflicient manner than with any tool or improvised instrument hitherto used for jointing and raking out brick-work.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially in the novel construction and arrangement ofv the several parts hereinafter described in'the present specification and illustrated by the accompanying drawings that form part of the same. i

Referring to the drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin all the figures, and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the tool, assembled as a doubleraker or jointer.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the tool in single form,-making a separate tool for use on cross or perpendicular oints.

Figure 3' is aside elevation, showing the raker-bladesadjusted ready for use.

Figure 4 is a similar view, partly in section.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 1. v

Figure 61s a plan View of the parts of the tool, separated.

Figure 7 is a perspective detail of the raker-blade.

Figure 8 is a plan-view of theunderside of the jointer-blade.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of the jointerblade.

Figure 10 are sectional details of the jointer-blade, showing variations in form.

Figure 11 are plan views of the front of the raker-blade, showing variations in width and depth of claws.

In the drawings:

A is the tool as a whole consisting of two parts 10 and 11 constructed of suitable ma-- terial, preferably as here shown of steel, the part 10 being substantially L-shaped and the partll being straight. The part' 10 is provided with a forked lug 12 designed to slidably engage with a slot 13 in the part 11 and to be fixedly secured therein by means of a thumb screw 14: extending through an orifice 15 in said part 11, and then extending be tween the prongs of the lug 12.

By the above described means, it will be seen that the parts of the tool are adapted to be adjustably connected at one end by means of the lug 12 in one part engaging" with an opening or slot in the other. By this means also the parts are adapted to be moved .wideapart or to be closed together as far as the construction of the parts will permit which, on account of one of them being L- shaped, will mean that when at their nearest point of contact they will extend hori;

zontally in spaced relationship to onean other as shown in the different figures, particularly Figure 1.

The outer ends of the parts 10 and; 11 are: provided with slots 1.7 and 18 designedto receive therein the blades 19 and 20 designed. to slidably operate in. said slots and to be fixedly secured therein by thumb screw means. .21. These blades 19 and 20 are of two kinds; raker and jointer blades, the raker-blades being formed with claws 22 on thelower side adapted to rake out the brickwork, and an upper claw 23 designed to act as a gauge on arris of'bricks atbed joints, while the jointer-blades are formed with a j ointer 25, and made with a small lift 26 by which means the gauge part of the jointer will be brought on .a level withthe face of the roller means 27 hereinafter more fully described. The inner ends. of thesebladesare formed with orifices 2 k to engage with the thumb screw means 21.

The raker-blades are particularly illus trated in Figure 7, and ,the. jointer-blades in 2 as a jointing tool, by simply changing the blades. These blades are also provided with raking claws of various width and depths, and being interchangeable can be adapted to any particular kind of work. This remark structed tool to take the place of makeshifts in the shape of pieces of steel, nails and otherwise now used by bricklayers for ointing and raking brickwork, and also a tool that can be turned out economically in large 1 quantities.

It may also be mentioned that the roller is interchangeable as well as the blades, and can be varied in length according to the width apart to which the portions of the tool are required to be operated. In

joining the .tool. in double formation, instead of having the lugs on the inner side of one portion, as shown in Figure 5, they can be applied to both sides extending out- .,;wardly, so that the portions 10 and 11 can slide outwardly thereon. In other words, instead of the horse-shoe shaped lug being on the inside and extending inwardly, as shown in Figure 5, it can be adapted to i extend outwardly in combination with a similar lug on the other portion of thetool,

thus enabling the'two sides 10 and 11 to be moved outwardly as required.

As many changes could be made in the 5 above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is: 1. A jointing and raking tool for bricklayers comprising a body portion provided with a handle and having a slot therein adjacent to said handle, a slot in the outer end of said body portion adapted to slidably engage with interchangeable blades formed with raking or jointing means, thumb screw means for fixedly securing the blades in saidslot, similar means for holding the tool handle in position, and interchangeable roller means beneath said body portion.

2. A jointing and raking tool of the class described comprising a body portion formed in two parts adapted to slidably engage one another in spaced relationship, slots in the ends of said portions and raking and jointing blades adapted to slidably engage with said slots, screw means for fixedly securing the blades in position, similar means for adjusting and holding the body portions in position, and roller means beneath the body portion operatively mounted in hubs on said parts, and handle means for operating the tool.

3. A jointing and raking tool of the character described comprising a body portion formed in two parts slidably connected in spaced relationship to one another, means for fixedly holding the parts together, and means in the partsadapted to adjustably engage with raking and jointer blades, means for retaining said blades in adjusted position, and roller means for said parts adjustably mounted on the underside of the parts.

4. A bricklayers tool of the character described comprising a body portion formed in two detachable parts adapted to be operated singly inspaced relationship to one another, blade retaining means in said parts, and interchangeable raker and jointer blades carried by said parts, means for adjusting said blades, and roller means suitably mounted in hubs on the underside of said .parts.

5. In a device of the character described and incombination, an engaging member and a receiving member adapted to adjustably engage with one another and in spaced relationship, means for retaining said members in adjusted position, detachably secured handle operating means for said members, blade carrying members in said members, interchangeable raker and jointer blades adjustably mounted in said, blade carrying means, and means for retaining the blades fixedly in position when adjusted, interchangeable roller means carried in hubs on the underside of said members.

In witness whereof I havehereunto set my hand in the presence of a witness.

WALTER JOHN KIMBER. Witness:

W. T. CUFF QUIN. 

